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Asian factory activity expands in May on robust global demandManufacturing activity in Asia showed growth in May according to private surveys released on Monday, fueled by increasing global demand. Th...
03 Jun, 2024, 08.48 AM IST
BOJ's hawkish tilt suggests end to super-easy policy approachingA series of hawkish comments by BOJ speakers in recent weeks suggest the bank is preparing markets for an eventual policy change amid growi...
12 Sep, 2023, 08.05 AM IST
Japan cuts Q2 GDP on weak spending, wages slideReal wages adjusted for inflation fell in July for a 16th straight month in a sign households continued to feel the pinch from rising price...
08 Sep, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
China takes swipe at Western 'friend-shoring' effortsIt has become a top priority among Western economies to reducing their deep dependence on China for supply chain as the latter's threats to...
15 Apr, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
BOJ Kuroda shuns near-term chance of exit from easy policyBut Kuroda said wage growth will likely increase gradually due to intensifying labour shortages and structural changes in Japan's job marke...
26 Dec, 2022, 11.27 AM IST
BOJ allows yields to rise more in surprise tweak to policyAs widely expected, the BOJ kept unchanged its yield curve control (YCC) targets, set at -0.1% for short-term interest rates and around zer...
20 Dec, 2022, 09.37 AM IST
World factory activity weakens on global slowdown, cost pressuresManufacturing activity across the euro zone declined further last month as a growing cost of living crisis kept consumers wary while soarin...
04 Oct, 2022, 10.05 AM IST
Global factory recovery picks up, but cost pressures growEuro zone monthly factory activity growth galloped at its fastest pace in the near 24-year history of a leading business survey last month,...
02 Apr, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
New Japanese Prime Minister's 'Suganomics' will target quick wins, not grand visionsArmed with a strong grip on Japan's bureaucracy, Yoshihide Suga knows which levers to pull to get results, say government and ruling party ...
18 Sep, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
Japan sees 51 coronavirus-related bankruptciesThe bankruptcies were mostly in the hotel and restaurant industries such as hot spring hotel operator Fujimi-so in Aichi, central Japan, th...
10 Apr, 2020, 11.47 AM IST
Coronavirus spreading fast outside China, airports to increase screeningsWorld Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside China as i...
03 Mar, 2020, 09.36 AM IST